patients and methods data were collected from the recorded data of patients with leishmaniasis referred to isfahan province health care center, isfahan, iran. the patients were diagnosed by direct microscopic examination of the samples in leishmaniasis and skin diseases research center and other health care centers. data concerning demographic features, the number and location of lesions, durat...

behçet’s disease (bd) which is classified among vasculitides is a systemic disease with various manifestations. its clinical course is characterized by attacks and remissions. till now, two nationwide surveys of bd from iran and japan and 4 major case series from turkey, korea, morocco and england have been reported. clinical picture of bd is dominated by mucous membrane manifestations, includi...

background: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a parasitic disease in most parts of iran, especially in the isfahan province. the most common form of cl is a self-healing lesion but in rare situations, infection might develop to non-healing forms. clinical symptoms and treatment process might be influenced by several agents such as host immune response and parasite strains. in this study, the isol...

background: leishmaniasis, especially cutaneous leishmaniasis, is considered an important health problem in many parts of iran including kharve, khorasan razavi province. cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by various species of leishmania, each having a different secondary host. thus, identifying the parasites’ specie is of paramount importance for containment strategy planning. the morphologica...

More than 90% of patients infected with cutaneous leishmaniasis live in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Algeria, Brazil, and Peru. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran is caused by Leishmania tropica and Leishmania major. Most skin lesions evolve from papular to nodular, to ulcerative form with a central depression surrounded by a raised indurate border. Some lesions persist as nodules or plaques. Mul...

background : cutaneous leishmaniasis is one of the prevalent health problems in tropical and subtropical areas including iran. therefore, it is essential to identify the prevalence and new foci of this disease in different regions of iran. this study aimed to determine the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis by active surveillance in elementary schools in pakdasht city, southeast of tehran,...

conclusions alternariasis or similar cases may be increased due to the increased number of immunosuppressed patients. from this point of view, skin lesions in these patients must be planned and microbiologically evaluated considering the molds. case presentation we reported a case of wound infection induced by alternaria spp. in a renal transplant patients. the main interest in this case was th...

cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is an endemic disease in iran that is caused by leishmania parasite and transmits to human by phelebotumus sand flies. the lysis of the skin cells occurs by the parasite with the presentation of a dry sore in the rural areas and a wet sore in the urban areas. in this study, the frequency and epidemiologic parameters of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients were studied i...